KIN 249: Lecture 7.1
Table of Contents
- Lecture 7.1: Race, Science & Sport
- Objectives
- Opening Questions
- Race
- MYTH: Race is clearly defined
- Race?
- Race and Science
- Tuskegee Experiment
- Tuskegee Syphilis Study
- Recent Research
- Human Genome Project
- Why Science?
- MYTH: Blacks are better athletes
- Myths Identified by Giulianotti (64)
- Challenges to the MYTH
- MYTH: Systematic racism has been eradicated
- What this myth masks . . .
- The Mascot Issue . . .
- Michigan Coalition Against Racism in Sports
- Vanilla Dunk . . . Discussion Qs
- Sources
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Vanilla Dunk . . . Discussion Qs
- What makes an athlete great?
- Is athleticism a natural trait?
- Can skills and moves be learned?
- Does it matter if an athlete uses technology, supplements, etc. to improve his/her game?